WELCOME TO MAY @ THE LIBRARY!
To register for any of the events listed, please do so by calling the
Library - 860-927-3761; by emailing - [email protected]; by stopping
at the Library, or online at kentmemoriallibrary.org.
JUNIOR ROOM EVENTS
Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m., May 2 to May 24. LEGO Club is back! Join us after school and learn so me new techniques and enjoy some challenges. Mondays: Kids grades 4 and up (advanced builders). Tuesdays: Kids grades 2 and under (free play with simple projects). Kids grade 3 - either. Please register. Not a drop off.

Friday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Chess for Students in Grades 3 and Above with Chess Experts. Come learn from experienced players. Please register. Not a drop off.

Friday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m. Nutmeg Discussion Group. Join us to discuss the book Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Come for a rousing discussion and after school snacks. Please register.

Saturday, May 7 at 10:30 a.m. Special Mother's Day Story Hour - Ages 2-9. Stories, a snack and a chance to make a gift worth giving to your favorite Mom! Please register. Not a drop off.

Friday, May 20 at 3:30 p.m. Learn Scratch - Ages 7-10. Taught by Kent Center School student Jacob Finch, this class will teach you the basics of how to create simple computer animation. Space is limited to 4 participants. Please register.

Saturday, May 21 at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Paper Craft Fun with Ms. Debra! - Grades 4-8. Our friend Debra V an Keuren will be bringing her fabulous ideas and supplies to share a great night of crafting with us! We're going to make amazing things - all out of beautiful paper. Bring your friends and make a night of it. Please register.

Saturday, May 28 at 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Junior Room Bake Sale. We need all bakers to rev up their engines for our Memorial Day Weekend Bake Sale, Pies, cakes, breads, cookies - you bake it, the Parents' Committee will sell it all to rais e money for the KML Junior Room. Sign up and let us know we can count on your help. The Parents' Committee is also looking for volunteers to help with the event. Please contact Wendi Love or the Junior Room for details.

Saturday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m. Special Memorial Day Weekend Story Hour - ages 2-9. S tories, a craft and a snack. Please register. Not a drop off.

WEEKLY EVENTS FOR CHILDREN
Tuesday, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 10:45 a.m. Rhythm and Rhyme. Bring your little ones, birth to age 3. No registration is required.

Thursday, May 5, 12, 19, 26 at 12:30 p.m. Lunch Bunch. Share a story and a craft. Designed for all ages. No registration is required. Bring your lunch.
Every Saturday at 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Gentle Hatha Yoga with Barrie Kavasch.
Enjoy easy practical yoga postures designed to strengthen balance and the back. We focus on "mindfulness" and "relaxation" along with building strong bodies through strengthening bones, joints, and muscles with classic stretches. This small class concentrates on wellness and safety. Come join us for remarkable energizing through yoga without stress. Please register.

Wednesday, May 4 at 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Wellness Circle: Qigong with Gayle Pantaleo, LCSW . Join us as we explore Qigong , the Eastern system of movement, meditation and breathing to ease your body, mind and soul. Co-sponsored by New Milford Hospital.

Mother's Day Basket - Reading Contest runs until Wednesday, May 4. All ages are welcome to win a chance at our Mother's Day Basket. Fill out a ticket for each book you read, listened to, or had read to you. For each book you have a chance at winning the basket! (basket and tickets can be found inside the Library.)
Saturday, May 7 at 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. College Planning Series. This workshop is the third of four sessions for any student or parent who needs information about the college admission process (making the right match, making a personal time line, writing the college essay, packaging yourself for college admission) should attend. This will be a hands-on workshop, so bring a laptop or tablet if you have one. This week's topic: The College Application Essay. This workshop is led by Carla Shere, Ed.D., an expert College Advisor with past admission experience. Please register.
Saturday, May 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Opening Reception Impressions by Carol T. Moore.
The Bantam artist will be exhibiting her work beginning May 2 until June 30, 2016.

Monday, May 9 at 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Color Your World. Come experience the latest trend in relaxation - adult coloring books! Studies show coloring can have a calming effect on the adult mind and help to promote overall wellness. It is one of the latest ways in reducing stress, and not to mention, extremely popular. Templeton Farm Apartments, 16 Swifts Lane, Kent. Presented by Templeton Farm Apartments, the Town of Kent Park and Recreation, and the Kent Memorial Library. Please call to register.

Saturday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Community Awareness Workshop. CAP provides a six-hour training for individuals, community groups, families, coaches, faith based groups and anyone who would like more education on how to recognize, provide support and give assistance to kids and adults struggling with addictions such as alcohol, drugs, gambling, inhalant abuse, as well as many mental health issues facing us today. CAP is a program of the State of CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services. Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Blvd., Kent. Complimentary lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. RSVP by May 2, via [email protected]. Questions contact Kapriel Mouradjian, CAP Advisor, [email protected]. Co-sponsored by Kent Social Services and Kent Memorial Library.

Saturday, May 14 at 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. College Planning Series. This workshop is the final of four sessions for any student or parent who needs information about the college admission process (making the right match, making a personal time line, writing the college essay, packaging yourself for college admission) should attend. This will be a hands-on workshop, so bring a laptop or tablet if you have one. This week's topic: What Admission Committees Look For.This workshop is led by Carla Shere, Ed.D., an expert College Advisor with past admission experience. Please register.
Thursday, May 19 at 5:00-6:15 p.m. Spring Book Discussion. The 2016 discussion group will touch on 200 years of writing by Russians. This month's topic will be a novel set in the twentieth century, we will read Aleksandr Solzenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, set in the Gulag but miraculously published in the USSR before the author was expelled. Please register.

Saturday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. Poetry Group. The workshop is free and open to all serious poets who want to develop their work and accept meaningful critique in a small circle of area writers. This workshop is led by author/illustrator E. Barrie Kavasch. Please register.
Saturday, May 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Monthly Chess Club. The competition is open to young and old, beginners to advanced. Team combinations are encouraged - for instance, grandparent and parent-child, co-workers, friends. If someone does not have a team, he or she will be matched up at the club. Please register.
Saturday, May 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Poetry & Music Night: Our Love for Poetry Continues! Reading Room. Please register.
Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30. Grand Opening of Annual Book Sale. The well-known outdoor book sale will begin on Memorial Day weekend hours will be Friday: 12-5, Saturday: 10-5, Sunday: 12-5 and Monday: 10-5. The Book Sale will continue all summer and through mid-October. All proceeds benefit the Kent Memorial Library.
Art Exhibit: Impressions by Carol T. Moore. Bantam artist, Carol T. Moore will be exhibiting her work in a show titled, 'Impressions,' at the Kent Memorial Library beginning May 2 until June 30, 2016. Please join us on Saturday afternoon, May 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a reception to meet the artist. It is free and open to the public. Please register. For more information, call 860-927-3761 or go to kentmemoriallibrary.

2016 Kent Library Association Membership. For more information about joining the Kent Library Association, please ask at the front desk or go to the Library's website and click on " KLA Membership." Join or renew your KLA membership online. There are many benefits to becoming a KLA member.
Saturday, June 4 at 2:00 p.m. Global Issues Forum: China: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. This topic will be explored by a panel of China scholars from Kent School, Hotchkiss School, South Kent School and Salisbury School and Dr Karla Simon, of the US-Asia Law Institute at NYU. Dr. Baxer from the UNA will introduce the program. Please register.

Saturday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m. Black Bears in Connecticut. The presentation by Paul Colburn focuses on the natural history of black bears in Connecticut, an overview of black bear habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction and current research efforts. It also provides practical recommendations for optimum coexistence with our black bear population.  Paul Colburn is a graduate of Master Wildlife Conservationist Program (MWCP) and is a certified Master Wildlife Conservationist (MWC). The presentation is suitable for ages 12 and up. There will be a suggested donation at the door of $5.00. Please register.

Monday, June 13 at 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Color Your World.
Come experience the latest trend in relaxation - adult coloring books! Studies show coloring can have a calming effect on the adult mind and help to promote overall wellness. It is one of the latest ways in reducing stress, and not to mention, extremely popular. Templeton Farm Apartments, 16 Swifts Lane, Kent. Presented by Templeton Farm Apartments, the Town of Kent Park and Recreation, and the Kent Memorial Library. Please call to register.
NEW PHOTOCOPIER! Thanks to a generous grant of $3,000 from the Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation and the generous donations from our library supporters who have made up the difference of the cost, we have reached our goal to purchase a new photocopier for the Library! The copier we purchase will have the capability to do both B&W and color copies, letter, legal and 11 X 17 (poster) sizes, duplex printing, and scanning to and from a flash drive. We have been getting almost daily requests for a public scanner, so we are very excited that we will soon be able to offer that as a new service. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to get us to goal! 
Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30. Grand Opening of Annual Book Sale.
The well-known outdoor book sale will begin on Memorial Day weekend hours will be Friday: 12-5, Saturday: 10-5, Sunday: 12-5 and Monday: 10-5. The Book Sale will continue all summer and through mid-October. All proceeds benefit the Kent Memorial Library.

Welcome to Eric Cieplik, our new Book Sale Manager!
Kent resident, Eric Cieplik has been hired to take charge of the Library's annual book sale. He brings with him a 28-year career in sales/sales management with Dow Jones & Co. Inc., The Wall Street Journal and Barron's Magazine. He and his family have lived in Kent since 2005 and been regular patrons of the Library ever since. Elise, his wife, and Eric have volunteered at the book sale as cashiers for a number of years.
 
Wanted for the Book Sale:
Volunteers are needed to do tasks such as: Set Up, Book Sorting, Book Pricing, Table Stocking, Opening & Closing (tarping) and more. Please email Eric Cieplik at [email protected] or sign-up at the front desk at the Library.
 
Book Donations are always welcome!
We are pleased to accept your books year round.If you have a large donation, please call ahead to facilitate unloading the books at the old firehouse.
We can you give a tax card for a charitable donation. All sales benefit the Kent Memorial Library. We are always especially in need of current fiction, including children's books, jigsaw puzzles, movies on DVD, music and books on CDs, and non-fiction books. (there are particuar items we cannot accept, such as magazines, Reader's Digest condensed books, older textbooks, VCR tapes, encyclopedias, books which have a mildew odor, records, books on cassettes.)
Thank you so much for your donations! We can't do it without you!
Saturday, June 25 at 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Kent Library Association invites you to attend its Annual Fundraiser & Silent Auction: Sunset on Spooner. for the benefit of the Kent Memorial Library. Join us at the home of Michele Marsh and PH Nargeolet, 104 Spooner Hill Road, South Kent. Enjoy great food, drink, music by The Regulators and dancing. Admission is $75 per person. You can register and pay online at KentMemorialLibrary.org (click on Sunset on Spooner) RSVP by June 18. Media Sponsor Litchfield Magazine.
The Library has initiated a new community resource. We have set up a seed saving area for garden enthusiasts and others willing to use and enjoy. Our initial seed offering is organic seed from High Mowing Seeds in Vermont. Patrons are welcome to take seed and donate saved seed as well. We hope to entice patrons to preserve local and heirloom seeds as well as provide a place for the gathering and sharing of growing enthusiasts. We encourage you to spread the word! If you know of any seed savers, we have seed envelopes for the taking. In the works are seed-saving brochures, new seed-saving books to lend, and in the near future some seed-saving workshops to educate patrons on the basics of proper seed saving as well as the importance of knowing invasives.

The Kent Memorial Library's mission is to enrich the lives of individuals and
the community by providing materials, programs, and services to encourage
reading, learning and imagination. The Kent Memorial Library is located at
32 North Main Street, Kent, Connecticut.
For more information go to the Library's website. To register call 860.927.3761,
email [email protected] or go to our online calendar.